National Health Act - Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Benefits Pricing Determination 2019 (April 2026)
Summary
The Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has issued an amendment to the National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Determination 2019, effective 1 April 2026. This legislative instrument sets Commonwealth prices and payment conditions for pharmaceutical benefits supplied under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners. The Determination includes schedules covering ready-prepared pharmaceutical benefits, unstable or sterile ingredients, dangerous drug fees, complete pack requirements, and standard formula preparations.
What changed
This legislative instrument amends the Commonwealth price and conditions for payments for the supply of pharmaceutical benefits under the National Health Act 1953. The Determination establishes pricing for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners and sets conditions on payments to approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners, including requirements for complete packs and dangerous drug fees.
Approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners supplying pharmaceutical benefits under the PBS must comply with the pricing and conditions set out in this Determination. Pharmaceutical manufacturers supplying PBS-listed medicines should review updated pricing arrangements. The schedules specify which pharmaceutical benefits require complete pack supply, dangerous drug fees apply, or standard formula preparations are permitted.
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National Health (Commonwealth Price and Conditions for Commonwealth Payments for Supply of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Determination 2019
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- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
This item is authorised by the following title:
- National Health Act 1953 Latest version View as made version F2026C00328 C65 01 April 2026
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- Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Name
- 3 Authority
- 5 Simplified outline of this instrument
- 6 Definitions
- Part 2—Commonwealth price for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners
- 7 Commonwealth price for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved medical practitioners
- Part 3—Conditions on payments for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved pharmacists and approved medical practitioners
- 8 Scope of this Part
- 9 Condition on payment for supply of certain pharmaceutical items
- 10 Payment for supply of certain pharmaceutical benefits in complete packs
- Schedule 1—Ready-prepared pharmaceutical benefits that are mixtures of ready-prepared ingredients
- Schedule 2—Unstable or sterile ingredients used for extemporaneously-prepared pharmaceutical benefits
- Schedule 3—Pharmaceutical benefits for which a dangerous drug fee applies
- Schedule 4—Pharmaceutical benefits to be supplied as complete packs only
- Schedule 5—Standard formula preparations
- 1 Standard formula preparations
- Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history
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